Read the first paragraph of p. 45. (see the page numbers in the Reading Pack). Use this map, and the one in MWH p. 35, to identify where "the Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor of Byzantium (also called Constantinople), the Doge (ruler) of Venice, and the kings of England, France, Castille and Portugal" would have come from had they been invited to Beijing on 2 February 1421. What route might they have all taken? Describe it...
Route: The Holy Roman Emperor (traveling by ship, down the Mediterranean, Emperor of Byzantium, Doge of Venice, and the Kings of England, Francs, Castille and Portugal would meet up in Egypt. When they all arrive they could travel down the Red Sea and go through the Arabian Sea. After, they should land in India, and travel by land to China.
Examine the following map which shows the history of the Chinese dynasties. Look carefully at the Yuan and Ming Dynasties and make some generalizations about China under those dynasties. Size? Change from previous dynasties? From your reading, make any observations you can about the two time periods.
The Ming dynasty has greater population and land at this time, compared to Yuan dynasty smaller. The Ming dynasty grew in size as in the built the Forbidden City, and defeated empires. Confucianism and a mandarin government, and tao (interaction of natural forces), which determined everyone's life, their rank, their rights, and the postion they hold in the society. Merchants and foreigners continually upset the tao.
On p. 53 Menzie notes that the new walled capital was to be "fifteen hundred times the area of walled London at that time and housing fifty times the population". SO, using your math skills, refer to the following map and figure out how big that new capital would be.
New walled Capital: Population > 400000000
Area > 70000000
Compare the map of the great walled capital Zhu Di built (above) to the map of modern China (below). The Forbidden City is now the Palace Museum, and is located at the centre of the map below: Can you find the old city in the modern city? Where is it? What is there now?
I can see the old city in the modern city, it is near the Palace Museum. First the Forbidden city is where the Museum is, temple of heaven is still the same, where people go to pray to the lord, temple of agricultural became the hospital/museum, and the temple of Earth and sun are the parks, Temple of moon, a hospital.
On p. 54, Menzies writes that Zhu Di extended the Great Wall (which is actually many separate sections of wall created over hundreds of years) from 5,000 kms to 6,400 kms. You'll notice, that doesn't mean that the wall was 6,400 kms long. If it WAS, where would it reach if it began at the Yalu River? Use the map in MWH Atlas p A18-19 to estimate where you would end up if the wall really extended 6,400 kms due west of Beijing. ||
I'm not sure.
Question: Through what MODERN countries did the silk roads go? ||
The silk road passed through (modern countries) Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China.
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Day 2
Read the first paragraph of p. 45. (see the page numbers in the Reading Pack). Use this map, and the one in MWH p. 35, to identify where "the Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor of Byzantium (also called Constantinople), the Doge (ruler) of Venice, and the kings of England, France, Castille and Portugal" would have come from had they been invited to Beijing on 2 February 1421. What route might they have all taken? Describe it...
Route:
The Holy Roman Emperor (traveling by ship, down the Mediterranean, Emperor of Byzantium, Doge of Venice, and the Kings of England, Francs, Castille and Portugal would meet up in Egypt. When they all arrive they could travel down the Red Sea and go through the Arabian Sea. After, they should land in India, and travel by land to China.
Examine the following map which shows the history of the Chinese dynasties. Look carefully at the Yuan and Ming Dynasties and make some generalizations about China under those dynasties. Size? Change from previous dynasties? From your reading, make any observations you can about the two time periods.
The Ming dynasty has greater population and land at this time, compared to Yuan dynasty smaller. The Ming dynasty grew in size as in the built the Forbidden City, and defeated empires. Confucianism and a mandarin government, and tao (interaction of natural forces), which determined everyone's life, their rank, their rights, and the postion they hold in the society. Merchants and foreigners continually upset the tao.
On p. 53 Menzie notes that the new walled capital was to be "fifteen hundred times the area of walled London at that time and housing fifty times the population". SO, using your math skills, refer to the following map and figure out how big that new capital would be.
New walled Capital: Population > 400000000
Area > 70000000
Compare the map of the great walled capital Zhu Di built (above) to the map of modern China (below). The Forbidden City is now the Palace Museum, and is located at the centre of the map below:
Can you find the old city in the modern city? Where is it? What is there now?
I can see the old city in the modern city, it is near the Palace Museum. First the Forbidden city is where the Museum is, temple of heaven is still the same, where people go to pray to the lord, temple of agricultural became the hospital/museum, and the temple of Earth and sun are the parks, Temple of moon, a hospital.
On p. 54, Menzies writes that Zhu Di extended the Great Wall (which is actually many separate sections of wall created over hundreds of years) from 5,000 kms to 6,400 kms. You'll notice, that doesn't mean that the wall was 6,400 kms long. If it WAS, where would it reach if it began at the Yalu River? Use the map in MWH Atlas p A18-19 to estimate where you would end up if the wall really extended 6,400 kms due west of Beijing. ||
I'm not sure.
Question: Through what MODERN countries did the silk roads go? ||
The silk road passed through (modern countries) Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China.
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